“I’d tell the judge that how can she sleep with herself at night," said Ann Twiggs, Sandra's sister. "The judge disrespected her like that, my heart just went thump. My sister was gasping for air, she needed her treatment right there and then. It’s horrible. She killed my sister. That’s all I can say.”

Throughout the hearing, Ehrlich interrupts Twiggs several times, telling her to "just listen." Twiggs was released without bond, but Ehrlich's behavior incited several social media users, as well as Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein.

"Ehrlich demonstrated aggressive and tyrannical behavior and revealed her lack of emotional fitness to sit on the bench," Finkelstein said in a letter addressed to Chief Judge Jack Tuter. "She raised her voice to many defendants, berated the attorneys, and was impatient and exasperated during the proceedings."

Twiggs had been arrested on misdemeanor charges and had no prior criminal record. South Florida's NBC 6 has reached out to Ehrlich, who reportedly resigned, for a comment.

Ehrlich submitted her resignation letter to the governor before backlash erupted over her treatment of Twiggs.

Broward Chief Administrative Judge Jack Tuter said Saturday that Ehrlich was not to return to the courthouse. She was scheduled to retire this summer and had submitted her resignation letter before the encounter with Twiggs.

The family has set up a GoFundMe account to help with costs for Twiggs' funeral.